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The American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU) is dedicated to defending the constitutional rights of all Americans. ACRU stands against harmful, anti-constitutional ideologies that have taken hold in our nation’s courts, culture, and bureaucracies. We defend and promote free speech, religious liberty, the Second Amendment, and national sovereignty.

Welcoming Hu Jintao

By |2011-01-19T11:03:55-05:00January 19th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell was published January 19, 2011, on The American Thinker website.

It was twenty-two years ago, in the spring of 1989, that thousands of Chinese students gathered in Beijing’s Tienanmen Square to demand democracy. The students even fashioned their own 30-foot high replica of America’s Statue of Libety. It represented the aspirations for democracy of young Chinese. They yearned to join young people in Poland, East Germany, and the then-united nation of Czechoslovakia. It was a time when it seemed the winds of hope and change might sweep away tyranny from the whole world.

Death and Liberalism

By |2011-01-19T10:38:24-05:00January 19th, 2011|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara appeared January 19, 2011 on The American Spectator website.

Imagine if Sarah Palin or Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh had said the following about a Democrat candidate running for Governor of Florida:

That Scott down there that’s running for Governor of Florida. Instead of running for Governor of Florida, they ought to have him and shoot him. Put him against the wall and shoot him. He stole billions of dollars from the United States government and he’s running for Governor of Florida. He’s a millionaire and a billionaire. He’s no hero. He’s a damn crook.

If […]

Recall Sheriff Dupnik

By |2011-01-17T11:03:24-05:00January 17th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published January 14, 2011 on The Washington Times website.

A lot of people are wondering what to do about Clarence Dupnik, sheriff of Pima County, Ariz. He’s the left-wing lawman who shot off his mouth and blamed everyone to the right of President Obama for the Jan. 8 massacre in Tucson. Last April, he boasted that he would not enforce S.B. 1070, the state’s immigration enforcement law, which he called “racist,” “stupid” and “disgusting.” In September, he accused Tea Party members of being bigots.

Name-calling is one thing. More seriously, Sheriff […]

A Bright Idea: Rescue the Incandescents

By |2011-01-13T19:08:31-05:00January 13th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell was published January 13, 2011, on The American Thinker website.

Why is Paris known as the City of Light? Is it because the U.S. Congress banned Thomas Edison’s incandescent light bulbs, so he had to take his invention offshore?

Well, not actually. Thomas Edison was an honoree at the 1889 Paris Universal Exposition, and he did go up in the Eiffel Tower. The Italian government conferred a knighthood at that event on the man who gave the world a brighter idea.

No, Congress in the 1880s would not have […]

Shooting "Solutions" Exploit Tragedy, Ignore Grief

By |2023-03-10T08:04:50-05:00January 13th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue appeared January 13, 2011 on The American Thinker website.

We are a nation in grief once again, mourning Saturday’s mass shooting in Tucson Arizona.

But we will get through it if we do what Americans always do — call on a merciful and loving God, honor those who died, care for survivors and their families, recognize the heroes, and seek justice. It doesn’t take an expert in grief counseling to know pain and what helps or hinders getting through the process.

Three months ago my husband of almost 51 years died […]

ACLU Outrage: ACLU Secures Right to Flip People Off, Including Cops

By |2020-04-23T21:52:54-04:00January 12th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published January 12, 2011 on The Daily Caller website.

Thanks to the ACLU of Pennsylvania, motorists in that state will be free to swear at and give the finger to police officers and other motorists, thus lowering public decency another notch. Meanwhile, the officers themselves will be forced to undergo “training” on the “right” to flip people off.

In order to settle an ACLU lawsuit, the Pennsylvania State Police have agreed not to cite anyone for disorderly conduct over the use of profanity or obscene gestures.

The outcome will alleviate […]

The Budget Battle: How President Obama Is Trapped

By |2011-01-12T16:30:02-05:00January 12th, 2011|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara appeared January 12, 2011 on The American Spectator website.

The mistake that most commentators are making on the budget is the idea that a bill has to be passed to cut spending. For much of the 2012 budget, which Congress is now debating, that is not true. In many cases, the absence of legislation can cut spending. With Republicans thoroughly in control of one house of Congress, that legislative reality leaves them with great power to cut spending.

Moreover, today’s new political realities, as evidenced by the historic 2010 election, sharply constrain the budget positions President Obama […]

Put Blame Where It Belongs in Tucson Tragedy

By |2020-04-23T21:54:03-04:00January 12th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published January 12, 2011 on Townhall.com

I formerly lived twelve minutes from that Safeway grocery store in Tucson. I worked four minutes from it. My wife and I sometimes shopped there. I first met Rep. Gabrielle Giffords eight years ago when she was a state senator. “Call me Gabby,” she told me. And I did.

Now in the wake of the tragedy that left the Arizona Democrat gravely wounded and six others dead – including a federal judge, a congressional staffer, a nine year-old girl, and an elderly gentleman who shielded his wife with his […]

The Constitution Did Not Condone Slavery

By |2011-01-10T13:28:52-05:00January 10th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell and Family Research Council Senior Fellow Bob Morrison was published January 9, 2011, on The American Thinker website.

“There’s nothing new under the sun,” said President Harry Truman, “there’s only history we haven’t learned yet.” The history we haven’t learned yet was on display on page one of the Washington Post. Post writers Philip Rucker and David Farenthold reported on the reading of the Constitution by newly sworn in Members of the 112th Congress.

Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) led the novel exercise and defended the decision not to read those portions […]

Expression is Not Coercion

By |2020-04-23T21:52:55-04:00January 9th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published January 7, 2011 on The Washington Times website.

While the nation watches to see how the new House leadership flexes its Tea Party-enhanced muscles, the legal campaign to strip the public square of any reminders of America’s Christian heritage continues apace.

On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the 57-year-old cross atop the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego is unconstitutional. The decision runs counter to a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a similar case at the Mojave National Preserve, […]

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